Attachment for washboards



E. G. HEFFNER.

ATTACHMENT FOR WASHBOARDS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 4. 1916.

1,404,696; Patented Jan. 24, 1922.

I .1 r? K EDITH G. HEFFNEBI, OF DUBO IS, PENNSYLVANIA.

ATTACHMENT FOR WASHBOARDS.

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Specification of letters Patent.

Patented J an. 242, 1922.

Application filed March 4, 1916. Serial No. 82,175.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDITH G. HEFFNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dubois, in the county of Clearfield and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Vashboards; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The primary object of this invention 18 to provide a novel type of soap holder designed to be associated with any type of wash board, and effectively hold and house the soap so as not to come in contact with the washing liquid in the tub, when the soap is not in use.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a soap holder carrying out the above object, which shall be of simple and durable construction and which has a novel type of closing lid which can be conveniently and expeditiously moved to either open or closed position.

Other objects will appear and be better understood from that embodiment of my invention of which the following is a specification, reference being had tothe accompanying drawing forming a part thereof in which,-

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the upper end of the wash board and showing the soap holder applied thereto,

Figure 2 is a section taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a detail section taken through the soap holder, and

Figure 4: is a detail plan view showing the operating means for the lid or closure of the receptacle.

Referrin to the drawing more in detail, the letter K designates a wash board of ordinary construction having the usual transverse upper strip B secured thereto.

The upper end of the operative face of the wash board is provided with a transverse strip 1 which underlies the adjacent edge of the strip B f the frame of the wash board and has its outer face beveled as shown at 2.

Associated with the upper end of the operative face of the wash board is a soap holder designated as an entirety by the numeral 3 and consisting of a receptacle which is of substantially frustopyramidal shape having lts forward end resting on the adjacent face of the wash board. The receptacle 8 has one side thereof engaging the beveled face of the strip 2 and is secured thereto by means of the fastening elements 4 which extend through the said face of the receptacle 3 and through the strip 1 and the strip B, as shown more particularly in Figure 2 of the drawing.

As shown in Figure 1 of the drawing the receptacle 3 is located adjacent one side of the wash board and is normally closed by means of a lid 5 which has a marginal lip 6 thereon which extends beyond the adjacent side of the receptacle 3. The lid 5 has hinge connection with the upper side of the receptacle 3 by means of the hinges 7 and the upper edge of the lid is provided on opposite sides of the hinges 7 with sleeves 8 which receive one end of an operating rod 9, said operating rod being secured within the sleeves in any suitable manner. The other end of the operating rod 9 extends beyond the adjacent side of the board A and is terminally provided with a manipulating handle 10. When the handle 10 is depressed the rod 9 will be rotated, and by virtue of its connection with the sleeves 8 on the lid 9 will result in the raising of the lid'to open position.

By virtue of the configuration of the receptacle 3, the soap, when placed within the same, will be directed by the lower inclined wall of the receptacle toward the lid 5, so that when the lid is raised the soap will be positioned at a point where it can be conveniently grasped by the operators hand.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is 1. In combination with a washboard, a soap receptacle carried by the washboard and mounted in an upper corner of the washboard, a cover for said receptacle hinged at the upper side, a rod having an axis adjacent the hinge extending beyond the margin of the washboard and adapted to be manually engaged beyond said edge for raising said cover.

2. In combination With a Washboard, a side of said hinge from said cover substan- 10 soap receptacle carried by the washboard, tially coplanar with the cover. a cover for said soap receptacle hinged at In testimony whereof I aflix my signature one edge of the receptacle, a tube mounted in presence of two Witnesses.

upon the receptacle cover in juxtaposition to EDITH G HEFFNER said edge, a rod carried by the tube and extending beyond the margin of the Wash- Witnesses:

board, and a member carried by the rod be- J. A. GLEASON,

yond said margin extending on the opposite MARY EGAN. 

